Photos: Top Google doodles

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Google paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin on April 15, 2011 by transforming the celebrated logo on its homepage into a silent movie. When clicked, the logo, known as the "Google doodle," played a silent film featuring members of the doodle team acting out Chaplin-esque sketches. Google said the doodle honoring Chaplin, who was born on April 16, 1889, is its first live-action video and was created by the Google doodle team with help from the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.

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Today's Google Doodle pays tribute to Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She was born in Kansas on July 24, 1897Google
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The 31st anniversary of the first launch of the Canadarm was celebrated on Google.ca with a doodle. This Google logo was a collaboration between designers Jon Wiley and Micheal Lopez.Screen image
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New Brunswick's famous Hartland Bridge was featured as a search page icon on Google.ca to mark it's 111th anniversary on July 4th, 2012.Screen image
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A Radio-Canada reporter has been arrested for alleged criminal harassment while pursuing the subject of a story. According to Radio-Canada, reporter Antoine Trépanier was arrested Tuesday night by Gatineau police. He was released on a promise to appear in court. Trépanier was called by Gatineau police Tuesday evening and an officer requested that he come […]

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